The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01
: 1udiciOus investments and specula-

| tudicious investments and specula,
tions.
i SCHOONER ASHORE.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. ga Free
Press special from Ameerstburg. Ont,
says: It is reported here tonight thaf
Point Pelee. The crew all SWAN
ashore with the exception of the cap
tain and one man, who were lashed to
the rigging.
FATAL COLLISION.
CINCINNATI, Nov. PA Lima. O..
special says: A collision at Anna, O..
on the Cincinnati. Hamilton s. Dayton
Railroad, between two freight trains,
fifteen cars were smashed and an en-
gineer and fireman are reported killed.
TERRIBLE WRECK.
PTTTsBURG, Nov. 25.-Two freight
trains on the Wheeling division of the
Baltimore s. Ohio railroad collided near
COchrane Mills. fifteen miles from this
city, about I0:I5 O'Clock this morning.
Both trains were completely demoIish-
ed, and three men killed and five others
injured. One of the killed was VIII
liam Heddmad, fireman, of Wheeling.
and their names are not known. The
injured are Thomas Gates, engi-
neer, crushed and bruised seriously;
Frank Applesby, fireman, hurt about
the head and body, not dangerous;
Peter McMann. fireman, head badly
cut, arm broken and badly bruised,
quite serious; Thomas F. Tanner,
brakeman, cut and bruised, not, dam
gerous; Patrick Golf, engineer, head
the body, very serious. There appears
to have been no orders issued as to
which train was to lay over
at Finleyville for the other to pass.
The trains were running at high rate
of speed, and as they rounded a corner
near Cochrane Mills they came into
view, but too late to be checked. An
instant later they came together with
a terrible crash. Both locomotives
were lifted from the rails and thrown
to one side completely wrecked. The
cars were all derailed and reduced al
most to kindling wood and the debris
piled up high around tbs locomotives.
The main track was torn UP Tor a con-
siderable distance and completely
blockaded. There was not moments
warning and both crews were caught
were buried from sight. They were |
almost instantly killed.
BLEW OUT THE GAS.
NEWTON. kas., Nov. 25.-J. T.. +. |
Insley, aged about 80, and his mother, |
of about IS years. registered at the |
Howard House in this city last night |
and were shown to room No. 81. Upon |
retiring they blew out the gas. The
POI ter receiving no answer TO his call !
this morning forced the door open, and |
found the two inmates unconscious. |
Physicians have been at work all day, |
but at this time the situation is pre- |
carious, the victims still being I'M
conscious. They were en- route from |
Illinois to Goddard, Kingman county. |
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-State's Attorney |
Grinnen who is trying to have the |
bucket shop keepers indicted said to-day |
that the latter had promised proof that
the regular board of trade was nothing |
but big bucket shop. If the proof |
was forthcoming he declared he would |
bring the case of the board before the |
grand jury.
CRAzRD BY A FAITH DOCTOR.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Mrs. Margaret |
who became insane after tax |
ing the treatment prescribed by Mrs. |
johnson, faith healer, was sent to an |
County Physician Meyer said that |
there were grounds for the prosecution |
Of Mrs. johnson.
THE END OF A SPREE.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. Pa Times |
special from Kingman. Kansas, says |
that Fred Burkett shot himself dead |
to-day, at his home. Although but 10 |
years of age, the cause of the deed |
was dissipation, he having been on
protracted spree.
ASSIGNS.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 25.-Theodore |
Egersdorf, wholesale and retail drug |
gist at No. 543 Main street, made an
assignment this afternoon. Liabili-
ties, $4,000; assets, S63, 900. Slow
COLLECTIONS is the cause of the failure.